Autographic register



April 7, 1936. W Rl WRIGHT 2,036,668

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Jan. 21, 1935 Patented Apr. 7, 1936- UNiTED STATES PATENT oFFicE AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER William R. Wright, Lincoln, Nebr.

Application January 21, 1935, Serial No. 2,731

4 Claims. (Cl. 282-1) My invention relates to autographic registers writing table. These sheets of paper are in the and more particularly to the pegs employed for form of long strip which are usually weakened on entering the apertures of the superposed sheets transverse lines, the sections thus formed being of paper, a primary object of theinvention being provided with identical or otherwise registering s to provide a peg of novel forml and structure. indicia so that the entry on the top section will 5 Another of my objects is the provision of a be duplicated on al1 of the sections underneath peg which is wedge shaped from front to rear the top section. when it enters the apertures of the superposed The strips of paper are provided with apersheets of paper and which has vertical front and tures as is well known in the art for temporarily io rear edges while the entry is being made on the securing them together and in registration while memoranda sheets. the entry is being made. It is very important Another Of my Obl'eCtS iS the provision of an that perfect registration may be obtained and expansible peg which freely enters the apertures held during the entry of the memoranda in order 0i the SuDeIPOSed SheetS 0f papel and Whel'lv iS to prevent errors such for example as the placing la expansible for perfectly aligning all of the aperof numerals inv the cents column of the carbon tures in both longitudinal and transverse direccopy and inthe dollars column of the top section tions so as to provide substantially perfect regisas is liable to occur if the sheets are not in pertration of the superposed strips of paper. fect registration. Various constructions for ob- Anothei' 0f my Objeets is the provision of an taining registration have been employed in the expansible and contractible peg in which both prior devices but these constructions usually re- 20 mOVemeltS 0f eXDaIlSiOH and COIltIaCtOIl are aulate to variations in the tensioning of the strips tomatic. of paper. Instead of the usual tensioning devices Having in view these objects and others which 1 employ pegs which are designed to entirely ll Will be pOIited Out iIl the 0110Wing deSCIiPtOil, the front andv rear portions of the circular aper- I will now refer to the drawing, in which tures in the strips of paper. 25

Figure 1 iS a Dian VieW 0f my autOgIaPhie Ieg- The pegs project through apertures in the writiSter, portions being torn awai to Show the bearing table I'l and their preferred form is that ings forr theV crank Shaft and the Spring OI mainshown in Figures 3 and 4. Each peg I2 consists of taining the Crank Shaft in its normal POSitiOIltwo halves which are pivotally secured together,

Figure 2 iS a View in Side elevation 0f the Spring the pivots being secured to the writing table I I or 30 and Showing itS relation t0 the Crank Shaft, pOI'- to areenforcing bar which is secured to the writtions of the casing walls being also shown. ing table II. For opening and closing the pegs I2 Figure 3 is a View in side elevation showing the into the Figure 3 and Figure 4 positions I employ peg in its eXpaYlded IJOSitiOIi t0 Completely ll a bar which is rigidly secured to a shaft I3, the

the apertures of the memoranda Sheets which shaft being journaled at I4 to fixed portions of 35 are used in the autOgIaDhie regiSteI- the frame of the casing. As shown in Figure 1,

Figule i iS a VieW SiIIiilJi` t0 Figure 3 but ShOW- the shaft I3 has the crank end against which rests ine the peg in the position Where it is ready to the free end of e. leaf spring I6 es most eieariy enter the apertures of the memoranda sheets. shown in Figure 2. The tendency of the spring Figure 5 is a vertical SeotionaI View of a fracis to maintain the crank end of the shaft I3 in its 40 ment of the casing showing a modified form of iowermost position, opening and closing mechanism for the peg. As shown in dotted lines in Figure l, the indi- Figule 5 iS a View Similar to Figure 5 and showvidual parts of the pegs I 2 are each segmental in ing the same modification but showing more horizontal section and less than a semi-circle.

clearly the peg alone and in its relation to the Referring now to Figure 3 it will be seen that the 45 bar. barV I'I is rigidly secured to the shaft I3 and that The autographic register has a rectangular case the bar may be rocked manually about the axis It similar in size and dimensions to many of the of the shaft I3 toward and away from the pegs I2. autographic registers which have heretofore been For convenience in grasping the bar Il it is propatented. Thertop wall of. the casing is provided vided with a shallow groove in its forward edge 50 with a rectangular aperture and underneath this for receiving the tip of a finger. This groove exis a writing table II which is usually of sheet tends to at least the lower edge so as to provide a metal construction. As is usual inV this type of cutting edge for tearing off the strips of paper.

apparatusV the superposed sheets of paper with The bar I'I is furthermore provided with a cutcarbon papers between them are fed over the away portion I8 for surrounding the upper por- 55 tions of the peg I 2 and in this cutaway portiorris a knob I9 which projects downwardly beyond the plane of the lower surface of the bar I1. It will readily be apparent that when the parts are moved from the Figure 4 position the lowering of the bar I1 will cause the knob I9 to engage the two parts of the peg E2 to spread them apart into the Figure 3 positioni 'Ihe front and rear walls of the pegs are substantially vertical in the Figure 3 position and the distance between them is siibstantially equal to the diametervof the eircular apertures in the strips of paper. This will cause the pegs in expanding to align the strips of paper into perfect registration with each other and to hold them rmly in siieh registration until the parts of the pegs I2 are again brought together into the Figure 4 position.

It should be noted that the aligning of the peripheries of the apertures in the strips of paper is oie not only to the movements of the pegsY but alson to their shape. The outer surfaces ofthe parts of the peg arecylindrical and they have the same radius of curvature asthat of the apertures. The inner surfaces of the parts of the peg are flat y to facilitate bringing them into the closed position of the paper causes a shifting of the individual strips of paper not only in a forward and cear- Ward direction but ratherrin all directions'away from the center of curvature of the cylindrical surfaces, the result being that the circular apertures of the superposed sheets are brought into perfect peripheral alignment which determines the perfect registration of the superposed sheets relative to their indicia.

The bar I1 may be lowered manually but the spring IB will accomplish the lowering of the bar lI1 as soon as the finger is released from the edge of the bar I1. This lowering of the bar I1 is thus automatic. Means are aiso provided for automatically drawing the parts of the pegs together when the bar I1 is lifted to withdraw the knob I9 from between the upper portions of the peg I2. The means which I show consist of a leaf spring 20 underneath the writing table, the spring 20 having a knob 2I secured thereto at its free extremity. The knob 2I thus acts at all times against the lower portions of the `parts of the peg i2 with a tendency to spread the lower parts and to thereby cause the upper parts to come together. Whenever the bar I1 is lifted the action of the spring 26 becomes operative immediately to bring the peg I2 into its position for engaging the apertures of the strips of paper.

Just by way of illustration I show in Figures 5 and 6 one of the many possible optional constructions for accomplishing the same results. The pegs I2' Vin this case are not directly pivoted together but they are individually secured to shafts 22 which are journalled against the lower surface of the writing table II. Each shaft 22 has an arm 23 secured thereto, the arms projecting in the direction of each other and each arni being slotted to receive a pin 24 which is secured to an arm 25. By means of the arm 25 the pin 24 may be made to rise and fall to positively actuate both arms 23 and their shafts 22 to thereby Y positively actuate the parts of the peg I 2 to opening and closing position.

The rod 26 is slidably secured through'suitable apertures in the brackets 21 and 28 depending from the frame of the register. Limiting stops 29 and 30 are secured to the rod 25 for limiting theY movement of the rod in both directions, the limits of movement being determined by the contacts of the step 29 with the bracket 21 and of the stop 30 with the bracket 28'. The lower end of the: link 25 is pivotally secured to the stop 29 so that; the movement of the rod 26 in one direction will cause the pivot 24 to rise and the Inovementrrof the rod 26 in the other direction will lower the level of the pivot 2e. The rod 26 islalso provided with a slidable collar 3l which is movablerelative to the :eed 26. A coiled spring 32.surrounds the rod 26 between the stop 29 and the collar 3|. s l

The bar I1' is similar tothe bar I1 in the previously described construction. It is similarly secured to a shaft I3' and it has a similar range of movement between the horizontal and inclined positions as shown in Figures 4 and 5. The arm 33 is secured to the shaft I3 as shown in Figure 5 so that the arm 33 is rocked in response to the movementsof the bar I'I' The arm 33 is slotted for the receptionof aV pin 34 projecting from the slidable collar 3l;

The movements of theV link 25 are therefore movements of the bar I1 and the structgire also provides for considerable play or idle movementY of the bar I 1 before it begins to actuate the link 25. When the peg I2 is in its ciosed position asV shown in Figure 5 the bar I1 is in its open position andthe arm 33 is in the'full line position as shown in that figure. When the bar I1 is 10W- ered to its horizontal position, the arm 33 will moveinto the dotted line position. 'I'his move ment will be idle as respects the link 25 until the slidable collar 3I comes into contact with the fixed abutment 30. At this point the abutment Srwill be moved toward the right, its movement in this direction being limited by the bracket V28. It is during this movement of the abutment 30 and the resulting movement of the rod 26 that the rod 26 is also moved in the same direction to thus force the pivot 24 to move upwardly to thereby expand the peg I2. When the bar I'i is lifted to its full line position in Figure 5 the movement of the rod 26 is reversed to cause the movement of the link 25 to its lowermost position as shown in full lines in Figure 5. In this position the peg I2 is closed as shown. A spring 35 is employed to function in the manner of the spring I6 to normally maintain the bar I1' in its horizontal position.Y

The mechanism thus provides a double stop for limiting the opening movement of the peg I2. At the maximum opening of the peg I2' the stop 30. is in contact with the bracket 28 and the bar confned to definite limits in response to thel I1 is in its fully closed position. The parts are Y for the opening of the bar I1 and the resulting s closing movement of the peg I 2'. During the opening movement of the bar I1 the force transmitted from the collar 3| to the stop 29 acts through the yieldable spring 32. When the stop 29 contacts with the bracket 21, further opening movement of the bar I 1 will simply compress the spring 32 and expand the spring 35. By means of this construction the mechanismis not subjected to any undue strains when the bar.I1 is raised beyond the position which determines the closing of the peg I2".

Having thus described my invention in such full, clear,l and exact terms that its construction and operation will be readily understood by others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In combination with the writing table of an autograp-hic register for supporting a plurality of superposed sheets of paper having circular apertures, a peg consisting of a pair of complementary parts pivotally secured underneath the writing table and projecting upwardly therethrough for movement of the upper portions of said parts toward and away from each other whereby said pegs may be contracted to a size smaller than the apertures in the paper to facilitate the passage therethrough and said pegs may be expanded to an external distance between them substantially equal to the diameter of the circular apertures of the superposed sheets of paper.

2. A peg for autographic registers, said peg consisting of a pair of complementary parts having a rocking relation relative to each other, each of said parts having a flat inner surface and a convex outer surface, the curve of the outer surface being that of a portion of a circular cylinder whose radius is substantially that of the radius of the circular aperture of the superposed sheets of paper which are fed through the autographic register.

3. A peg for autographic registers, said peg consisting of a pair of complementary parts having a rocking relation to each other whereby they may be drawn together to collapse said peg or spaced apart to expand said peg, said peg having vertical front and rear walls when expanded and having its front and rear walls inclined upwardly and toward each other when collapsed, means under the control of the operator for expanding said peg, and means responsive to the release of said peg expanding means for automatically collapsing said peg.

4. A peg for an autographic register having a writing table, said peg consisting of a pair of like parts pivotally secured together underneath the writing table and projecting upwardly therethrough, the inner surfaces of said peg parts being each in the form of a dihedral angle with the pivotal axis positioned at the vertex of the dihedral angle, a bar pivotally secured above said peg, a knob on said bar for operation between the upper portions of said parts for expanding the upwardly projecting portion of said peg when said bar is lowered, and a spring pressed knob bearing against the lower portion of said peg and operative between the parts thereof to spread the lower portions of said peg and to thereby cause the upper portions of said peg to approach each other when said bar is lifted.

WILLIAM R. WRIGHT. 

